Soil quality key to increasing crop production and resilience to climate change
New research has found that high-quality cropland soils limit losses in response to warmer climates and support higher yields.
New research has found that high-quality cropland soils limit losses in response to warmer climates and support higher yields.
Ecology
Jun 23, 2022
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Elisabeth Gilmore compares the world's urgent need to find alternatives to remove excess carbon dioxide from the air to a family bank balance depleted by a shopping spree.
Environment
May 2, 2022
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Whether dead or alive, soil microorganisms play a major role in the biogeochemical cycling of carbon in the terrestrial biosphere. But what is the specific role of death for the bacteria, fungi and microfauna that make up ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 3, 2022
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The species Gliricidiasepium is a deciduous tree, cultivated and used for a variety of purposes in tropical regions. In Zambia, it is used for timber, firewood, medicine, charcoal, living fences, and plantation shading. Additionally, ...
Agriculture
Nov 26, 2021
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By enhancing soil's ability to store carbon, the ground we walk on could play an essential role in keeping carbon dioxide out of the air.
Environment
Sep 30, 2021
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As the effects of climate change intensify and paths for limiting global warming narrow, politicians, media and environmental advocates have rallied behind "carbon farming" as a mutually beneficial strategy for society, the ...
Environment
Jun 30, 2021
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Soil carbon sequestration is recognized in the current National Climate Action Plan 2019 as an important strategy to off-set increases in atmospheric greenhouse gas emissions. Agriculture is ideally placed to help increase ...
Earth Sciences
May 5, 2021
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In a new study, Dr. Lu Xiankai and his colleagues from the South China Botanical Garden (SCBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) found that tropical forests can capture carbon dioxide (CO2) into soils and thus reduce ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 14, 2021
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Researchers at the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) found that transitioning land enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) to bioenergy agriculture can be advantageous for American ...
Environment
Feb 22, 2021
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Aggregates of different sizes provide heterogeneous microhabitats for soil microorganisms, which in turn drive the cycling and transformation of soil materials and energy, and have different effects on key processes related ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 22, 2021
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